Trevor Tuminski sings all the time (except for when he's screaming) and plays the occasional acoustic guitar.
Bulldog sticks to piano and synth most of the time but also plays a mean 3-string guitar and can keep time on percussion like nobody's business.
Mike Keller is a colourful lead guitarist and excellent partner-in-crime.
Rich Reid is a fascinatingly tight drummer who hits hard and sings background vocals while he's at it.
Jay Rink lives in a sea of bottom-end and damn it, is a handsome man.
Sounds Like
"...Trevor Tuminski and JSS sound as tight as ever on this third CD. As always, their strongly crafted originals bring the big modern rock - massive distorto-crunch riffage, walloping beats and ominous synths - but not at the expense of radio-friendly melodies and hooks. Bonus points for the cover of Black Sabbath's Children of the Grave." - Darryl Sterdan, The Winnipeg Sun
"The best way to die? Don't ask Jet Set Satellite, as vocalist Trevor Tuminski and his band are very much among the living. End of an Era is another stellar release from the veteran group, full of chunky riffs and hard rock hooks. Standout songs include the slow stomper "Ladykiller", the Nine Inch Nails-esque "Resurrexit" and the reckless rock 'n' roll abandon of "This is Not a Come On". Heavy, but still radio-ready, End of an Era will please hardcore hard rockers and casual music fans alike". - Jared Story, Uptown Magazine
***** out of 5! - Burrn! magazine (Japan)
"...a tank smashing into your nuts at 80 miles an hour." - Pledger, After All These Years
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To say that every new Jet Set Satellite album comes with a certain amount of struggle would be the understatement of the century. Though the band's early success with their debut album, Blueprint, was almost legendary in the Canadian music industry, bad omens, family deaths, car crashes, failed relationships, line-up changes, and other catastrophic turns of event have perpetually plagued the band ever since. It's like the rock gods have since returned for their pound of flesh.
"If this band didn't have bad luck, it wouldn't have any luck at all," quips frontman, Trevor Tuminski. "The sheer tenacity we've had to exhibit to keep this train rolling should be proof of just how haunted we are by the echoes in our head. Some people do this for success or girls or money. We're chasing an entirely different animal".
According to Tuminski, their ominously titled, third album, End of an Era, is the band's sound fully-realized. Having long struggled with the studio experience and working with outside producers, the band opted to finally take the reins themselves, with multi-instrumentalist Dave "Bulldog" Swiecicki quarterbacking the sessions that took place at two home studios the band assembled.
The result is an overwhelming, emotional, powerful record. Not one of overwrought balladry or weepy exposition, but of strength, determination and grit – their influences out on their sleeve (Black Sabbath, the Cult, Faith No More, the Police, Danzig, Queens of the Stone Age, old Metallica) but filtered through a collective that is entirely its own. Cheering each other on to raise the bar and finding comfort in their environment were the keys to capturing the band's live presence, says Tuminski.
"There's a poise in these performances and recordings that I think eluded us on the first two releases," he explains. "We made sure we had the songs that excited us and that felt like they belonged together, and then gave each other the room to really push the envelope on our instruments. Mike's (Keller, lead guitar) growth as a writer and player on End of an Era is going to blow people's minds. Having Jay (Rink, bass) join the band right after Vegas came out was a huge shot in the arm on every level too, and you can finally hear the effect of that here," he says. "And Rich's (Reid, drums) style has just thrived upon the extra space we've left for those big, meaty, rock moments we typically may have left on the cutting room floor".
Rock moments like the crushing swagger of lead single "Ladykiller", the muscular heaviness of opener "The Beast", the anthemic gallop of "Resurrexit", the dance floor aphrodisiac of "Black.Heart.Burn", and the resonance of the band's first recorded cover, Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave".
"We had never really planned to include a cover on any of our albums but with 'Children of the Grave', something just clicked," says Tuminski. "Ozzy Osbourne really isn't credited for the brilliant lyricist he is. In our troubled times, the words to that song just seemed the perfect fit for the themes at work on the record, not to mention the doomsday feel of the music".
In the past year, the band have shared stages with Buckcherry, Finger Eleven, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, State of Shock and Thornley, and continue their run of TV and film synchronizations that includes hit shows such as E.R., Dead Like Me, and Tru Calling, and films American Outlaws, Soul Survivors, Grizzly Rage and The Long Road.
"We may have been blessed early on in our musical odyssey but everything we've achieved since then has been from our own hard work and diligence, and the enthusiasm of our fans," Tuminski says. "Every day there has been a reason to quit but we just keep pushing forward because it is simply in us to do so and that will never go away."
"If none of the wounds we've endured to this point have killed us, nothing will".
Jet Set Satellite ~ End Of An Era
The Beast
Ladykiller
Black.Heart.Burn
Resurrexit
You And I
XOXO (You Can't Go)
If Not Now Never
This Is Not A Come On
By The Dark Of Night
Children Of The Grave
The Mark
End Of An Era (2008)
Vegas (2005)
Blueprint (2000)
From the title and on through every note, arrangment, lyrics, everything.
It reminds me of when I listen to a Prince track... not sound-wise obviously but when I listen to a Prince song I often think, there is NOTHING I would change about this song and its presentation etc etc etc.
Fuck yeah, congrats on getting on my "all-time favourite tunes" list in like, 3 listens. ..m/
Happy belated Birthday trev! U guys kicked ass at coyote's on halloween night. I had a blast. I'm really looking forward to the next time I see u guys play. Take care ~Jen
Well dudes, sorry I can't make this one....but we will rock at a later time...maybe after the show, get it....later time? I thought that was pretty sm...rt.
im coming to the show, but only if i can meet you! LMAO.. well im coming either way, but tell mike i want to bring TJ lmao but he cant get in! damn it anyways haha, yeah im coming and its brodie! or sherisse which ever you monsters perfer btw the new song is amazing heard it on power 97 a bunch of times so ppl love you
Heeeeey,guys!!!! today,i got some amazing presents from JSS!!!!Thank you vey much!!!I'm so happy!!and i will list picture which i wear your t-shirt soon:-..!!well,i'm really pround of you!!!! JSS Rocks!!!
Any word on the availability of the actual CD? I'm trying to wait patiently but my Amazon preorder still says "not in stock".. Black Heart Burn is the best song ever! Can't wait to hear the rest!
Hey guys WICKED Cd Release party lastnight....feelin it today. Come rock out with us this weekend at the cavern or dylan's on pembina. You picked the right guy for the job to record with:) Cheers fellas
